MacOS 10.15 (Catalina): Currently, this release does not include Macports
packages for Catalina.
We are working on the support for MacPorts for Catalina and expect to have
them available in the coming weeks.
Until the binary packages for Catalina become available a MacPorts source
installation is still possible, or alternatively
the source kit installation can be used.

Getting Started

Detailed usage information can be found in the individual user manuals
and tutorials available here

Three Ways to Run a Pipeline

EsoReflex is the recommended
environment to reduce ESO data. It automatically organizes input files
according to their category and runs the entire reduction chain at the
push of a button. It supports break points in the reduction sequence in
order to inspect and interact with intermediate and final products and
rerun the corresponding step if necessary.

Gasgano is a Java-based data file
organizer developed and maintained by ESO. It can be used to manage and
organize in a systematic way the astronomical data observed and produced
by all VLT compliant telescopes. Gasgano is a graphics-based software tool
for organising and viewing data files produced by the VLT Control
System. Gasgano offers functionalities for data viewing, grouping,
sorting, classification, searching, and filtering of data. And, of course,
Gasgano will run any requested CPL recipe on the selected data.

EsoRex, a command-line
utility for running pipeline recipes is also available. It may be embedded
by users at their home institute into data reduction scripts for the
automation of processing tasks.

The underlying algorithms and recipes are the same for a given instrument
pipeline, irrespective if EsoReflex, Gasgano or Esorex is used.

Installation Instructions

Fedora, CentOS, Scientific Linux and macOS

Currently ESO provides binary packages for:

Fedora (28 to 31)

CentOS 7

Scientific Linux 7

macOS (10.11 to 10.14)

Users of those systems are encouraged to install the Instrument Pipeline packages using the RPM
packages or the MacPorts packages respectively.
Please follow the installation instructions for RPM packages
or MacPorts packages.

Source Kit package installation

Users of operating systems for which no RPM or MacPorts packages are
currently available should follow the instructions in this section.

Pipelines Status

The pipeline status determines the level of ESO support in fixing the software. For any help with installation and usage of a pipeline, please contact the helpdesk ticketing system (e-mail to usd-help@eso.org or "Ask for help" link in he User Portal homepage). ESO internal (operations) users should request support from the pipeline developers team using JIRA. Here are the possible entries:

Active: Pipelines that are affected by a data product upgrade are considered active in the sense that a project team is actively working on them. These pipelines are fully supported and have the highest priority for support. The support consists in prompt evaluation of all requests.

Operational on hold: Pipelines that are on hold are not under active development and are of lower priority for support. Pipelines are put into this status when they are considered to be essentially completed, i.e. no enhancements or upgrades are currently under way. The software support consists in porting these pipelines to new CPL versions, carrying out emergency repairs and fixing trivial problems. The User Support Department will evaluate and answer if possible the requests for help received via helpdesk (usd-help@eso.org), but by default there will be no available support from pipeline developers.

End of maintenance: Pipelines in this status are the lowest priority for support. The only work performed on these pipelines is to make sure they can still run in the current ESO environment. The User Support Department evaluates and answers if possible the requests for help received via helpdesk (usd-help@eso.org). Tickets reporting problems on the pipeline will not receive any software support.